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The Ventura Project

About Me

We are The Ventura Project. Joey is from Gloucestershire, England and Matthew is from Long Island, New York. The internet helps us make music.
Our first single "Heroes" was released on August 17th and is available on iTunes now.
The album is coming very soon. We're psyched.
For any enquiries, contact [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/01/2006
Band Members:
Joey - Sings, writes lyrics, plays fake instruments on a computer; firmly believe that a cup of tea solves any problem; enjoys punctuation; secretly believes that the Stargate is real.
Matthew - Plays an upright five-string fretless bass; likes Slurpees; also plays in the band Wheatus; thinks Speed 2: Cruise Control is one of the most prodigious and underappreciated cinematic experiences of the 1990s
Influences: Dreams, Marvel Comics, LOST, and the end of the world
Sounds Like: The soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic tea party
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Altsounds awesomeness

So I'm really exciteable. Seeing our name anywhere is so fun. And a site I like a lot is Altsounds.com so it's pretty amazing to be reviewed there. They didn't love the song, but it's a very diplomati...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:19:00 GMT

Heroes is out now!!

OK so our first single came out today. It's called "Heroes".It's available on iTunes USA, Japan and UK.Cliiiiick heeeere:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vi ewAlbum?id=323623337&s=1434...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Pop Justice

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task= view&id=3786&Itemid=279"This arrived in our inbox a couple of weeks ago. You should hear some of the stuff that arrives in our inbox - and,...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:35:00 GMT

Festivals, music, summer, RAWK

Is anyone else watching the live stream from the main stage at the Download Festival? Currently watching Dream Theater. Rockin and rollin.Saw some of the footage from the Isle of Wight yesterday as we...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:12:00 GMT

Things to check out

There are some fun things happening in the world of music and the internet -1) Wheatus - The Lightning EPPay what you want! Which means it could be free. Wheatus are also releasing all their new music...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:08:00 GMT

Blog write up!

Lee over at the Knox Road blog has done a super little article with a free MP3 download of "Heroes".Check it out:http://www.knoxroad.com/2009/05/16/the-ventura-project-d rop-debut-single-heroes/Thanks ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT

New songs coming sooooooon

So I'm writing this as though somebody somewhere might actually care, hahaha. But anyway, the demos on here will soon be replaced by proper shiny versions, yaaaaay!There's just a few bass parts to go ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:02:00 GMT

This is what happens when Im tired and going crazy

So yeah, I just uploaded what can only be described as an insufferable version of Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend'* (mixed with a very little bit of Les Minou Baigneurs (Pussycat Dolls, sorry.. I'm in a r...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:29:00 GMT

MTV Awards

So I was just watching the MTV Europe Awards. I had to come away from the television because I was literally in physical pain watching it. This show, this whole MTV franchise doesn't seem to actually ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:26:00 GMT

Song with MC Lars

This blog post is dedicated to our good friend MC Lars, who today recorded a section on our song 'Haunted'. His ability to think of rhyming words with only 2 seconds to think before hand never ceases ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:52:00 GMT